PGA Tour Brunch | TOUR Championship
First Round Coverage of the Final Stop on the FedEx Cup Tour | East Lake GC
ATLANTA - If he wins the 2022 FedEx Cup, Rory McIlroy would become the first player to win the FedEx Cup three times. When McIlroy won his second title in 2019, he joined Tiger Woods as the only two players to win the season-long race twice.
Xander Schauffele, who enters the weekend at No. 3 in the FedEx Cup standings, has advanced to the TOUR Championship in all six seasons on the Tour. Schauffele won the TOUR Championship as a rookie and has finished in the top 10 in all five starts, tied with Justin Thomas for the longest active streak on Tour.
Sam Burns is making his second consecutive appearance at the TOUR Championship, finishing 18th in 2021. Burns is one of four players who has three or more victories this season, collecting titles at the Sanderson Farms Championship, Valspar Championship and Charles Schwab Challenge (others with 3+ victories: Scottie Scheffler/4, Cameron Smith/3, Xander Schauffele/3).
Cameron Smith has three wins this season, including THE PLAYERS Championship and The Open Championship. Smith withdrew prior to the start of last week's BMW Championship and fell from No. 3 to No. 5 in the FedEx Cup standings. With a win, Smith would become the second player to win THE PLAYERS Championship and the FedEx Cup in the same season, joining McIlroy (2018-19), and the first to win The Open and the FedEx Cup in the same season.
Scott Stallings finished runner-up at last week's BMW Championship to move to No. 12 in the FedEx Cup standings and qualify for the TOUR Championship for the first time in his 12-year PGA TOUR career. Stallings has a career-high seven Top-10s this season (five in last nine starts).
J.T. Poston is making his first start in the TOUR Championship. Poston was No. 112 in the FedEx Cup standings after the U.S. Open and earned a runner-up (Travelers Championship) and a win (John Deere Classic) the following two weeks, becoming the only player outside the Top 75 after the U.S. Open to qualify for the TOUR Championship.
Will Zalatoris withdrew from the tournament due to a back injury. As a result of his WD, if all 29 players finish 72 holes, Zalatoris will finish 30th in the FedEx Cup, receiving $500,000 in FedExCup bonus money.
Starting Strokes for the remaining 29 players are unaffected.
The Way They’ll Start at TOUR Championship
Scottie Scheffler -10
Patrick Cantlay -8
Xander Schauffele -6
Sam Burns -5
Cameron Smith -4
Rory McIlroy -4
Tony Finau -4
Sepp Straka -4
Sungjae Im -4
Jon Rahm -3
Scott Stallings -3
Justin Thomas -3
Cameron Young -3
Matt Fitzpatrick -3
Max Homa -2
Hideki Matsuyama -2
Jordan Spieth -2
Joaquin Niemann -2
Viktor Hovland -2
Collin Morikawa -1
Billy Horschel -1
Tom Hoge -1
Corey Conners -1
Brian Harman -1
K.H. Lee Even
J.T. Poston Even
Sahith Theegala Even
Adam Scott Even
Aaron Wise Even
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
TOUR Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
YARDS/PAR: 7,346 yards/Par 70
ARCHITECTS: Tom Benelow
PRIZE Money - Purse: $75,000,000/$18,000,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Patrick Cantlay
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @FedExChamp @TourChampionship
TV COVERAGE: The first two rounds (today and August 26) are scheduled for coverage from 1:00pm to 6:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel. On Saturday, coverage is set for 1:00pm to 2:30pm (ET) on Golf Channel and 2:30 to 7:00pm (ET) on NBC. On Sunday, Golf Channel will be covering from 12 Noon to 1:30pm (ET) and NBC from 1:30pm to 6:00pm (ET).
OTT: The PEACOCK Network will have live streaming from 1:00pm to 6:00pm (ET) today and Friday. On Saturday, streaking will run from 1:00pm to 7:00pm and Sunday’s final round will run 12:00 Noon to 6:00pm (ET).
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: ESPN+ Live streaming coverage will run from 11:30am to 6:00pm (ET) today and Friday. Weekend streaming on ESPN+ PGA TOUR Live from 7:30am to 6:00pm (ET).
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live coverage of the BMW begins at 12:00pm to 6:00pm (ET) today and Friday. On Saturday, coverage will air 2:00pm to 7:00pm and for Sunday’s final round coverage is from 1:00pm to 6:00pm (ET) (or completion of event). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATourCom.
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
TOUR Championship | Basics
Tee Times today at the TOUR Championship run from 11:45am to 2:05pm (ET).
Weather: Today’s forecast calls for 70% chance of showers. Temperature at 75-degrees but with high 86% humidity. winds at 5 mph. Similar forecast for Friday (60% chance of rain) but the weekend forecast shapes-up to partly cloudy and a 20% chance of rain each day.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 10:00am (ET) on Friday
Field, Player Update, Tee Times
Field: (link)
Update: Will Zalatoris - OUT (back injury)
Tee Times: (link)
TOUR Championship | Odds
Scottie Scheffler +240
Patrick Cantlay +360
Xander Schauffele +650
Rory McIlroy +900
Jon Rahm +1400
Tony Finau +1800
Cameron Smith +2000
Sam Burns +2000
Sungjae Im +2500
Justin Thomas +2500
Matt Fitzpatrick +3300
Cameron Young +3300
Joaquin Niemann +5000
Collin Morikawa +5000
Viktor Hovland +6500
Jordan Spieth +6600
Corey Conners +8000
Hideki Matsuyama +9000
Scott Stallings +10000
Max Homa +10000
Sepp Straka +10000
Adam Scott +12500
Aaron Wise +15000
Billy Horschel +17500
Sahith Theegala +20000
Brian Harman +20000
Tom Hoge +25000
K.H. Lee +25000
J.T. Poston +25000
Sports Gambling, Daily Fantasy & Golf Industry News
Jay Monahan: Player and TOUR Commitment (PGATourCom)
Five Things Learned from Jay Monahan’s Press Conference (Golf Week/USA Today)
Horses for the East Lake Course (PGATourCom)
Expert Picks for TOUR Championship - (PGATourCom)
LIV’s Greg Norman Taunts/Trolls PGA Tour Commish (Golf Week/USA Today)
Rory, Tiger and former NBC Exec McCarley Launch TMRW (Golf Week/USA Today)
Sentry Tourney of Champions to Expand Field (ESPN)
On This Day in Golf History
August 25, 2010 - Jim Furyk, the No. 3-ranked player in the FedEx Cup standings, was disqualified from the opening event in the 2010 FedEx Cup Playoffs - The Barclays in Ridgewood, New Jersey - when he overslept and missed his 7:30am Pro-Am tee-time. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
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